Population-based outreach versus care as usual to prevent suicide attempt: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide remains the 10th-ranked most frequent cause of death in the United States, accounting for over 40,000 deaths per year. Nonfatal suicide attempts lead to over 200,000 hospitalizations and 600,000 emergency department visits annually. Recent evidence indicates that responses to the commonly used Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) can identify outpatients who are at risk of suicide attempt and suicide death and that specific psychotherapy or Care Management programs can prevent suicide attempts in high-risk patients. Motivated by these developments, the NIMH-funded Mental Health Research Network has undertaken a multisite trial of two outreach programs to prevent suicide attempts among outpatients identified by routinely administered PHQ9 questionnaires.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Simon GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5025595 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature